Francesco Totti names Antonio Cassano as the best player he has played alongside for Roma

The 40-year-old has pulled on the Giallorossi shirt over 600 times - but reckons the fleet-footed playmaker was his best team-mate

By ALEX TERRELL

11th October 2016, 10:17 am

Updated: 11th October 2016, 10:17 am

FRANESCO TOTTI may have pulled on the Roma jersey over 600 times - but he reckons Antonio Cassano is the greatest player he has ever played with.

The 40-year-old has been continuing his love affair the Giallorossi, who he has starred for since he was a tender 16-year-old.

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Antonio Cassano and Francesco Totti played together for Roma between 2001 and 2006

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Antonio Cassano was seen as one of the most talented players to have come out of Italy for the last 20 years

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Francesco Totti has been starring for Roma this season at the tender age of 40

Rome legend Totti has incredibly been netting this season - with two goals - and providing assists for the side who sit third in Serie A.

But he reckons prodigious talent Cassano - who played for Roma between 2001 and 2006 - is the best he has ever played with, because of their telepathic ability to find passes with each other on the pitch.

Totti said: "Technically Cassano - becasuse we conversed with each other on the field and could find each other at any moment.

"I had a great rapport with him off the pitch too, we were in total sync.

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Toitti in action against Astra Giurgiu in the Europa League

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Francesco Totti and Antonio Cassano were also in the World Cup-winning Italian squad in 2006

"We are talking about not just one of the best players in Italy, but in Europe, because in terms of talent alone he is a phenomenon.

"Then there's Gabriel Batistuta, Vincenzo Montella, those players who made football history.

"They should be remembered because it was a pleasure to watch them and I was fortunate enough to play alongside them too."

Cassano started his career at Bari, where he became famous all over Europe for showing off his incredible skills and tricks.

A move to Roma, where he spent five years with Totti, was followed by Real Madrid.

But his time at the Bernabeu did not work out - and he ended up becoming a Serie A journeyman, with stints at Sampdoria, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Parma and now back at Sampdoria.

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